Visually mapping avian flu may help H1N1 (UPI) COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers linked several powerful computer systems to analyze enormous amounts of genetic data on the H5N1 virus, also known as avian flu. [News Source]

Online gangs cash in, selling fake swine flu drugs. Criminal gangs are making millions of dollars out of the H1N1 flu pandemic by selling fake flu drugs over the internet, a web security firm said on Monday. [News Source]

Flu brings deluge of worry, wait. Most children with flu symptoms are not tested for H1N1 because rapid tests are too unreliable, doctors say, and the treatment would not change. For many parents, this can be hard because they want certainty: Is it swine or not? [News Source]

Had flu? You may have H1N1 protection. People who have had repeated flu infections -- or repeated flu vaccines -- may have some protection against the new pandemic swine influenza, U.S. researchers said on Monday. [News Source]

Playing politics with a pandemic. How did we get to a point where outbreaks treated with the utmost seriousness by the WHO receive vastly different levels of respect in different countries--and even among different social groups within them? [News Source]

Scientists Put Interactive Flu Tracking At Public’s Fingertips (Medical News Today) New methods of studying avian influenza strains and visually mapping their movement around the world will help scientists more quickly learn the behavior of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus, Ohio State University researchers say. [News Source]

New Web-based application for tracking the H1N1 flu virus across the globe (News-Medical-Net) New methods of studying avian influenza strains and visually mapping their movement around the world will help scientists more quickly learn the behavior of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus, Ohio State University researchers say. [News Source]